Courage is a Superpower

It Requires the Presence of Fear and Humility.

Dear Friend,

In the deepest bluest parts of myself, the sea bed, I found nothing solid. Rock bottom is a myth. I thought I’d find coral, or jagged sediment. Cooled lava, maybe granite, but you just pass right through. There is no rock bottom, only eternity. Infinite space, infinitely alive with energy. We could fall forever if we wanted to, and still there would be feathers to soften our fall.

Have you ever considered angels real?

Falling through the low places of the world, the unseen is all we have to guide us.

The body knows full well it can survive the familiar. The poor thing is tasked with breath. Just keep breathing. Heart beating. For the body, this is success. But what of the soul?

It takes courage to be true to yourself.

We do not live in the past. We are not alive in the future.

We live only now, in this present moment. Consider it for a moment and you’ll find it to be true.

’Something in the wind 
Reminds me
Nothing’s ever lost. 
I can smell it in the 
Changing seasons, 
She lives 
In the tides of 
Your heart.’ 

I sang these words at my mother’s funeral. Standing in the crematorium, with my back to the furnace. Facing the living. Behind me the one who guaranteed life was good. Dependable. She filled the room with her spirit. I heard my voice soar.

Fear would silence the soul.

We simply do not know this world. What our days may bring. Beginner mind. Ever new. Our culture would have us discarded once the juice has been sucked out, the skin no longer so plump and fresh like it was when youth was in our cells.

It takes courage to be true to ourselves in the face of such nonsense.

To act.

In the face of uncertainty.

My heart belongs to you. I give it freely.

The heart is sacred. When we were young, we knew it. It was with humble hearts that we found each other. I was scared to say hello. You seeming so much more of a person than I could ever be.

Our hearts knew what we could not, that we were put here for one another.

To care, to draw joy from each other’s existence.

No use saying “Don’t be afraid.”

Reach out, go for your heart’s desires.

Be you.

What’s the thing you want to, but are afraid to do?

That’s what the world needs.

Till tomorrow

Love

Mikey